Oxygen
Occurrence, isolation & synthesis
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In nature, oxygen is found in the Earth's crust, 46.6 % (w/w), and Earth's atmosphere, 20.95 % (v/v) [4]. The isotopes found in nature are
16
O (99.759 %, stable),
17
O (0.037 %, stable) and
18
O (0.204 %, stable) [4].